These past 2 weeks of work have been enlightening & truly comforting. On pg. 59 when we wrote down that prayer for wisdom, it dawned on me that I don't ask for things I should. (We forget that though we do not deserve to take a step toward God, His grace and ALL the good things of God are for US.)
In reading this week about the Holy Spirit as my counselor...how He guides us into truth when we quiet ourselves and listen, I was painfully aware that I seem to ask for guidance when I'm in a situation that I do not know what to do....where I do not feel adequate. God does not want to guide me when I can't rely on myself...He wants me to rely on him everyday in every circumstance whether I think I can handle it or not! (Ouch---I feel growing pains!)
I love that the issue of confessing was addressed on pg. 81 --Salvation BEGINS with confessing. We cannot move forward and be transformed unless we confess our sins. ("Sin shows up in self-loathing, negative attitudes, and accepting lies as truth") As we are working through this workbook, we are becoming aware of ways that we have allowed sin to sit on a shelf in our closets. I don't know about you but it has brought me to some pretty humbling moments! But I understand that humbling myself before the Lord, becoming "awake" to my weaknesses & confessing my sin has allowed for change that brings about God's glory & brought me deliverance! Boy, have I been delivered over these past 4 weeks! I trust we've ALL been in the trenches, conquering our issues so that we can reach our potential that that "roaring lion" has been fighting to keep us from!
Here lately, it seems so many people in my prayers have triggered the scripture (though I can never seem to recall it word for word when I would like to---frustrating) 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, "the weapons we fight with are not of this world...they have divine power to demolish strongholds....". I loved that when Jennifer referenced this scripture, she immediately referenced Ephesians 6:16, "In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one." Faith! (Remember the woman with the issue of blood from Mark5? ) A beautiful story where a woman's courage, faith & hope allowed her to reach out & receive God's compassion, holiness & immediate healing --reminds me of us. We too, as we do this study--we are reaching out for our own healing, for wisdom and truth for our souls. "By faith we receive truth. By faith we believe truth. And by faith we act on truth." May your "soul-talk" be FULL of FAITH!
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